Education:

• 1997: Medical Faculty, Doctor of Medicine, top student
• 2004: Specialization – Internal Medicine
• 2009: Subspecialization – Cardiology
• 2001: Master’s degree: defended master’s thesis titled “Markers of Inflammation in Acute Coronary Syndrome,” awarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
• 2005: Doctorate: defended doctoral dissertation titled “Role of Infectious Agents in Acute Coronary Syndromes” at the Medical Faculty in Niš. Laboratory work on the subjects was independently conducted at Immunosciences Lab. (United States) from May to November 2004, with the generous assistance of Professor Vojdani from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Academic Positions:

• 1998 – 1999: Professional associate at the Medical Faculty in Niš, Department of Biochemistry
• 2004 – 2013: Professional associate for clinical practical training in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical Faculty in Niš
• 2015 – 2020: Mentor for part of the specialist internship in internal medicine at the Medical Faculty in Belgrade
• 2016 – Present: Research associate at the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, re-elected in 2021
• Clinical Assistant: Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Internal Medicine

Work Experience:

• 2000 – 2013: Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center in Niš
• 2013 – 2020: Institute for Rehabilitation Belgrade, Head of Cardiology Department, Assistant Director for Medical Affairs
• 2020 – Present: Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje, Cardiology Clinic
• 2024 – Present: Puls Dedinje (Puls Cardiology Center), Consultant Cardiologist

Memberships:

• Vice President of the Cardiology Section, Serbian Medical Society – elected for the period 2023-2027
• Secretary of the Cardiology Section, Serbian Medical Society 2019-2023
• President of the Working Group for Prevention and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases, Association of Cardiologists of Serbia 2019-2021
• Elected member of the nucleus of the Working Group on Diseases of the Pericardium and Myocardium, European Society of Cardiology 2015-2019
• Elected prestigious member of the European Society of Cardiology since 2012
• Elected prestigious member of the American College of Cardiology since 2017
• Member of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, Heart Failure Association of the ESC, Association of Cardiologists of Serbia, European Cardiac Society, W.G. on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases, ESC Heart Failure Association, Acute Cardiac Care Association, EAPCI, American Heart Association, National Lipid Association

Awards and Recognitions:

• Charter of the Serbian Medical Society, award for the best graduating student in 1997 at the Medical Faculty in Niš.
• Charter of the University of Niš, awarded as the best graduating student of the Medical Faculty in the academic year 1996/1997.
• Charter of the City Assembly of Niš, awarded as the best graduating student in the academic year 1996/1997.
• Researcher Europe Award at the 73rd European Atherosclerosis Congress in Salzburg, Austria, July 2002.
• Award for the best poster presented at the European Congress of Hypertension in 2009.
• Silver medal with the likeness of Nikola Tesla from the Association of Inventors and Authors of Technical Improvements in 2008.
• Golden medal with the likeness of Nikola Tesla in 2010.
• Acknowledgment from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Committee for Cardiovascular Pathology, and the Association for Atherosclerosis of Serbia for organizing scientific activities celebrating 30 years of the committee on December 11, 2012.
• Investigator grant from the European Society of Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension for participation and presentation of work at the annual congress from June 13-16, 2014.
• Acknowledgment from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Committee for Cardiovascular Pathology, and the Association for Atherosclerosis of Serbia for organizing scientific activities celebrating 41 years of the committee on December 9, 2023.

Numerous keynote lectures at scientific conferences and other invited lectures both abroad and in the country. Invited speaker at the European Congress of Cardiology – European Association of Preventive Cardiology (Europrevent). Membership in organizational and scientific committees of international scientific conferences and editorial boards of journals. Reviewer of papers in international journals and participant in domestic and international projects.

International Collaboration:

• Delegate for the Assembly of the World Organization of Medical Students under the auspices of the UN and WHO.
• Scholarship recipient from the Embassy of Italy with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2003 for specialization in Critical Areas, Emergency Conditions in Cardiology, Neurology, Toxicology at La Sapienza University – Rome.
• Training in Cardiology at Simmard Medical Group, Los Angeles, California, USA.
• Training in clinical cardiology and echocardiography for four months at Stanford University – Cardiovascular Medicine.
• From December 11, 2007, to December 30, 2007, part of the narrower specialist internship in cardiothoracic surgery in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at the German Heart Institute in Berlin, Germany, under the supervision of Professor Hetzer.
• From September 3, 2009, to October 12, 2008, at Stanford University – Cardiovascular Medicine.

Fluent in English and Italian.

Author and co-author of over 300 papers.